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set to become USA's largest carrier, AT&T to acquire T-Mobile USA

thumpad.com — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 07:10:38 +0000

Ever since Deutsche Telekom announced it's plans to sell T-Mobile USA, we were just waiting to hear who would reach to their pockets for a large chunk of change. Well, wonder no more, as on Sunday both companies announced the deal is a fact.

AT&T will pay Deutsche Telekom the “modest” $39 billion dollars in cash and stocks to acquire T-Mobile USA. The deal is planned to end in 12 months time, so don't expect any changes coming soon.

Out of the $39 billion coming out of AT&T's pocket,……

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port for dual-purpose USB or HDMI out, Samsung Galaxy S II first with MHL

thumpad.com — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 06:25:02 +0000

There's a small but important fact about Samsung's newest Android flagship that slipped under our radar last week at Mobile World Congress. The Galaxy S II is the first smartphone to feature an MHL port. MHL, as you'll recall, was first announced in 2008 as the Mobile High-Definition video Link “standard” for mobile devices promoted by a consortium that includes Nokia, Samsung, Toshiba, Sony, and Silicon Image. So yeah, another mobile interconnect standard just like DisplayPort, min……

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we get camera and video samples, XPERIA Neo demoed on video

thumpad.com — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 07:06:07 +0000

It hasn't been a week since the last Sony Ericsson XPERIA Neo preview and here is another one. This time we get glimpse of the homescreen and main menu, some camera and video samples.

Yeah, the XPERIA Play and XPERIA Neo keep showing their faces everywhere. Not that we complain, but it's tedious to get teased about an unannounced device again and again.

The focus today is on the XPERIA Neo, which is caught on a hands-on video. The video shows part of the Android UI – the main menu and the h……

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could this be the Desire 2? HTC top-dog leaks again

thumpad.com — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 12:11:27 +0000

New information has just leaked, suggesting the successor of the HTC Desire will be aptly called Desire 2. An inventory list from Vodafone with the name “Desire2” nicely coincided with the series of photo leaks we've been seeing lately.

As we reported a while back, HTC is gearing for a big (in numbers) announcement at the MWC 2011. We got to see the upcoming phones in nice press-quality shots, but we had no names.

This weekend we spotted a live shot of an unannounced HTC handset, codenamed the ……

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does it have a touchscreen or not? Photos of Nokia E6-00 leak

thumpad.com — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 12:11:27 +0000

The Nokia E6-00 has been laying low for almost a month but it resurfaced with the first photos of the device. The photos confirm the QWERTY bar form factor and the camera resolution but don't give us much more.

The Nokia E6-00 leaked a while ago through an XML and some sample photos on Picasa. Curiously, the XML reported Symbian^3 for the E6-00 with a VGA screen (all Symbian^3 phones so far have nHD resolution).

Nokia E6-00 leaked photos

The camera is an 8MP unit with dual-LED flash. The ……

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for launch this month, T-Mobile promises Samsung Galaxy S 4G

thumpad.com — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 05:34:35 +0000

Look, let us just sum up the Galaxy S 4G for you: it's a Vibrant with Froyo, a front-facing camera, and Inception. After reading through the new details T-Mobile's outed on its latest HSPA+-equipped Android smartphone today, that's really the best way to describe it… and let's face it, Avatar (which, you might recall, came bundled with the Vibrant) was getting kind of old and played out anyway. Naturally, like T-Mobile's other video call-capable devices, the front-facing c……

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the Samsung Galaxy S2 unveiling at MWC 2011, New teasers confirm

thumpad.com — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 10:57:36 +0000

Samsung just released a new batch of new Galaxy S2 teaser videos to get the excitement going again. With just 12 days left to the MWC in Barcelona, who knows what Sammy will throw at us next.

Unfortunately, the videos don’t reveal much of the device itself. They only suggest that the Galaxy S2 looks ridiculously thin, which is probably due to its sAMOLED plus screen.

Here are the teasers themselves:

Just to refresh your memory, a Korean newspaper leaked some specs of the Samsung Gala……

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Cowon D3 Plenue priced at $370, or $100 per inch of AMOLED

thumpad.com — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 09:50:07 +0000

Want yourself a “Prestige” portable media player to make even legit smartphones blush in envy? Then the D3 Plenue from Cowon might just be for you, what with its 1080p video playback, 32GB of storage, Android 2.1 OS, and 3.7-inch, 800 x 480 AMOLED display. It's just that today we're finding the Prestige label also extends to its price, which Amazon has set at a mighty $370. That's not terrible when contrasted against unsubsidized pricing for comparable smartphones, but then this isn……

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